Ripe Pu-erh

This aged Ripe Pu-erh tea offers a remarkably thick and pungent profile, showcasing rich dried fruit notes that linger on the palate. Its deep burgundy-red brew, a result of nearly a decade of Kunming. It leans dried fruit, sweet and pungent.

Water around 95–100 °C (203–212 °F). In a mug, steep 3–5 min. For gongfu, use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–20 s steeps (10–20+ rounds). You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Rinse the leaves once with boiling water before your first real steep. It cleans off storage dust and gets the flavor going.

Grown in Yunnan, China. This batch is from the 2009 harvest.

Starts at $30.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.30/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.80 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.